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Technical Director Steve Kaluf THE YEAR 1998 coming although may critical everyone year 2000 hope seems significant Radio Control fliers Beginning March 1 1998 Radio Control transmitters operating United States 72- 76-megahertz MHz RC Radio Service Bands must narrowband Federal Communications Commission FCC regulations Surprised shouldnt information has put out other good things almost AMA Membership Manual know manual comes around January year plastic bag Supply Service catalog until last year member decal Okay know no ever seems read stuff lets review What exactly narrowband specification requiring transmitters operate fairly tight environment Narrowband has allowed enjoyment 50 frequencies during last several years technical description found AMA Membership Manual set forth Code Federal Regulations [CFR] follows 5331 Transmitter occupied spectrum shall better -55 dB 1- 20 kHz channel center frequency irrespective type modulation measurement shall made spectrum analyzer using 3 kHz resolution band width filter 5332 Transmitter emission frequency shall meet following requirements over range operating temperature power supply voltage a AM transmitters unmodulated carrier shall within 1- 002% channel center frequency b FM transmitters mean frequency occupied spectrum shall within 1002% channel center frequency c Other forms modulation required meet emission characteristics paragraph 5331 above slightly different AM FM specification result little dip middle FM waveform displayed spectrum analyzer opposed single curve AM waveform Therefore take mean occupied spectrum FM transmitters Im electronic technician please excuse very nontechnical explanations other transgressions making knowledgeable readers cringe Hopefully point still getting across two pictures may help explain Wave forms AM RC transmitter FM RC transmitter shown spectrum analyzer set up above specifications notice differences Both transmitters narrowband better understanding look information displayed vertical lines analyzer screen graduated 5 kHz steps centermost line represents proper frequency operation channel 26 723 10 MHz specification transmitters must within 1- 002% center frequency approximately 1500 Hz way kHz 1000 Hz MHz 1000 kHz Its easy see FM transmitter falls within specification wave form would have deviate 1/3 line away center line go beyond 1500-Hz approximation frequency counter like the picture usually displays information transmitter slightly off-frequency still well within 1500-Hz allowance horizontal lines analyzer display decibels dB graduated 10-dB-per-line increments ease use transmitter testing just close enough analyzer cause its wave form reach top analyzers display next specification must look wave form 55 dB wave form cannot fatter 20 kHz pointthese sidebands everyone used talk about Counting down 55 lines 55 dB top screen counting out either direction four lines 20 kHz transmitter also meets specification actually shows can go down almost 70 dB before exceeding 20-kHz requirement Therefore transmitter narrowband thats relief since its hope everyone can now remember what narrowband transmitters must meet requirement March 1 1998 transmitter narrowband avoid rush get done soon manufacturers offer narrowbanding service may direct service center does transmitter narrowband way operation can legal type-accepted FCC prior March 1 1992 Transmitters type-accepted FCC after March 1 1992 must narrowband transmitter information can obtained radios manufacturer transmitter marketed sold after March 1 1993 will narrowband since manufacturers agreed sell narrowband equipment after date AMA strongly recommends operating transmitters narrowband now original phase-in program has gone very long time 14 years everyone should up date RC fliers still operating original seven 72-MHz frequencies colored nonnumbered frequency flags Tou operating illegally doing yourself anyone else favor does matter fly yourself own field no other person around 200 milesyou still violation Communications Act FCC rules See section 503[b] Communications Act caught may have pay much $10000 violation up total $75000this makes updating transmitter seem very inexpensive operating illegallyand areI hope get caught Ive talked extensively about transmitter dont forget receiver really heart system comes interference FCC does regulate tight receivers must beits mostly worried about what put 170 Model Aviation ransmitter Spectrum AnalyzerFM Transmitter Spectrum Analyzer Frequency Counter 2 N e k air what take out However manufacturers AMA concerned have developed specifications narrowband receivers flying model narrowband conditions receiver better manufacturer-certified design operate such endangering aircraft everyone everything around next year would hope see some wording requiring put AMA Safety Code violators would covered AMA insurance up Executive Council decide Modifications transmitter CFR 95222 asks May make changes RC station transmitter answer short no allowed change plugin modules type-accepted part RC transmitter about What about flexible aftermarket antennas multiplexing modules other like devices transmitter accessories dont have official response would seem intent rule type-accepted part transmitter probably shouldnt doing t know couple flexible antennas provided radio manufacturers assume type-accepted installed something yourself check see its legal Hopefully beginning warm up area ever got cold Fly safely Till next time Limited Pemyplane William Pavek op Unlimited Catapult Glider 1228 11/17/96 Kenny Krempetz 0294 11/17/96 CAT IV Indoor Stick op Jim Richmond 5635 08/31/96 RC PYLON Quickie 500 Sr Quarter 40 Op Large CO3 Op Seth Tomblin11116 10/06/96 Rusty Van Baren 10480 10/06/96 FREE FLIGHT John Gian3051 12/30/96 I Robert Wilkie 16 hoerett St Rocleland MA 02370 II CL & Richard Sobrino 87-28 88th St Woodhaven NY 11421 RC Robert Kircher 8 Shetteld Way Clark NJ 07066 III CL FF & NC Nelson Gould 18445 Idaho Street 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St John MO 63114 Bill Shailor 2317 Ciawsoo Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Ross Snyder 114 Andora Universal City TX 78148 Jeold Murphy 8 Va hocondido Vade MoeBsa Spdngs CO 80828 Ovag Galbreath 3408 Topsail P1 Davia CA 85616 Jobn Crosetto 14809 SD 54th Beflevue WA 88006 SCALE CONTEST BOARD Irs Sean 52 Langbolm Dr Naahua NH 03862 Don Typond 275 Cascade Rd Warwick NY 16886 Bill Carper 127 Pearl St Jackson 0845640 Bob Karlosso 768 Sullen Middlotown Oh 19708 - Danid P1011 1300 Hanre NW Palm Bap FL 32907 John Guenther 21688 Borden-Greenville Rd Borden IN 47166 Claude McCullough 162 Constance St Montezuma IA 56171 VIII troest Harwood 2711 English Chase Arlington TO 76816 Martin Libbont 101 N Psrkwood Wichita KS 6720B Jim MacDonald 856 Burr Davis CA 95616 Jerry Hoicomb 1616 Nt 122 Aye Vancouver WA 88684 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD tdmand Bassick 75 Romanock P1 Pairtield CT 06432 Larry Seibsick 21 5 Country Rd Beilport NY 11713 Richard Simpson 332 30th Street Pittshorgb PA 15201 WasdB Bianchard 1733 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Namplan VA 23064 V Robert Nelson 5855 Chickadee Lokeland FL 33809 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle 66 2 FioniBsant MO 63834 VII Keith Sham 2756 himmood Ann Arbor Ml 48164 VIII George Parks 2182 Ostord Ave Austin TX 78704 IX No Representative X Robert SIiPP PO Boo 8 Midway City CA 82655 XI Bernard Cawley 28838 48th Ave S Auburn WA 88801 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD- Chairpersons Prom Ibe other Onotest Boards Contest Board Ceordinater See individual listings above below Per addresses Ralph Bud TonnyWoody BlonchardWayno Yoogor Jobs ThompsonJohn PaqueGene Shoikoy Bonny JenkinsHorace HagonCliff Toltord Donid PbS AEROBATICS I Scott Melville 108 Chatham Terr Bridgeport 0706606 II Todd Sheehan 18 Peppermili Dr Fairport NY 14450 III Geoff Combs 1066 Miltord Pickeringlon 0643147 IV Tom Miller 18130 Broekgrunn Garden P1 Cornelius NC 28031 B John Fuqun 724 Diane SI. Nicenille FL 32570 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodoon Rd Raytown MO 64132 VII David von Linsowe 7093 C Dodge Rd Mt Morris MI 48458 VIIIWilliam Thomas 331 St Rockwoed Bartiesoille OK 74006 IX Jim Mompey 310 Capitol Ave Kinsley KS 67547 X Craig Millet Gibson Dunn & Crstcber 4 Park PlazaSuite 1400 Irvine CA 82714 XI Rick Allison 15618 Northeast 56th Way Redmond WA 88052 HELICOPTER I Randy King 58 Wallinglord Ave Atbel MA 01331 II Hurace Hagen 15 Parkway P1 Red Bank NJ 07701 III Bill Curtis 218 Vernon Rd Greenville PA 16125 IV Robert P Harris 7760 Esleono Rd La Plato MD 20646 V Tim Schoonard 1507 Wheeler Rd Orlando FL 32703 VI Lather Akemon 1080 Lakeview Dr Scottsbarg 1647170 VII Roy Dieto 12450 Lanodowne Detreit Ml 48224 VIIIDave Yoangblood 1212 Barak Bryan TO 77802 IX Don Vineyard ZOSS HilIdole Sauna KS 67401 -3208 X Robert Gorham 4 Stadebaker Invine CA 82718-2812 XI Rich Josophuon 2842 70018 Cm Medtord OR 87504 RACING I Pete Reed 49 Anvil Dr Avon 0706001 Ii Orneot Nikodem 487 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 III Dave Latsba 1141 Columbus Ave Apt 2 Lemoyne PA 17043 IV Richard Morelond 726 Hillmeade Rd tdgewater MD 21037 V Gail Jacoboon 6205 Riverciltfe Dr NW Atlanta GA 30328 VI Jim Gager 8425 Aubarn Rd Ft Wayne IN 46825-0001 Vit Wayne Yeager 15397 Forrisler Rd Claylsa MI 40235 VIII Orew Jerina 3108 Battolow Garland TX 75045 IX Oaane Gall 14157W Cornell Ave Lakewood 0080228 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 Visalia CA 83277-8757 XI Tom Strom 1420 SW 166th Seattle WA 88110 SOARING I Fritz Bios 41 Sawmill Rd Concord MA 01742 II Roman Paryz 59 Steinteidt RdLancaster NY 14086 III Gene Sheikey 217 Euclid Ace, Scaodale PA 15603 IV Bob Champive 205 Tipton Rd Newport News VA 25606 V Charles Anderson PO Boo 305 Tullahoma TN 37388 Vi Rick Barnoski 158 Canyon Dr Boliogheonk IL 60440 VII Al Scidmore 5013 Dorsett Madison WI 53711 VIIIBarry Kennedy 102156 Macarthur Blvd #136 lrvivg TO 75003 IX Byron Blakeolee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia 0080135 X Randy Spencer 2617 Fisk Le Redondo Beach CA 80278 Xl Dave Johnson 10400 St 11th St Vancouver WA 88664 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Cliff Telford 1512 S Greenleaf Ct Winter Springs FL 32700 SCALE John Gueother 21009 Bnrden-Greeoville Rd Burden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Doig 2138 Sommerville Dr Oxford Ml 48371 FREE FLIGHT Roger Simpoon pro-tem 8101 Tesrin Way Sacramento CA 95020 SPEED & TEAM RACE Bill Lee 2266 616 2 Chandler TX 75758 CL COMBAT Gory Frost 13 Castlewood CI SI Peters MO 63376 CL AEROBATICS Wynn Paul 3332 Carriage Leolootog KY 46517 April 1997 171 COMPETITION DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS INDOOR FF CAT II Jr FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN RC SOARING Terry Edmoods 4125 166th Street NE Solon IA 52333 RC AEROBATICS Chris [skin 21325 Stewart Spningtield MD 65004 RC PYLON Wayno Yosger 15387 Forrioter Rd Clayton Ml 40235 RC ELECTRIC Keith Finkenbiner 7050 Cl Faerte Street CarlSbad CA 92000 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkway P1 Red Bank NJ 67701 SPACEMODELING Howard Kuhn 7206 Beechwood Road Alexandria VA 22307 1997 FREE FLIGHT TEAM SELECTION FINALS REPORT George Batiuk THE FAI Free Flight community gathered Lost Hills California October 9-13 choose its team 1997 World Championships years World Champs held Czech Republic next August could find no evidence anyone boning up Czech language looked like everyone spent summer preparing event Practice processing day Wednesday October 9 early morning weather looked typical Lost Hills time year mild slight breeze west Processing supposed held Economy Inn weather looked good enough three event directors Bruce Hannah FIA Jerry Fitch FlB Doug Galbreath Fl C decided move out field spent morning setting up two flightlines normal spot light winds north about 1/2 mile west anticipation wind west early morning rounds About noon wind surprisingly got quite strong turned field dust bowl everyone retreated town rest day Several weather reports showed wind being caused condition would probably blow itself out sometime next day everyone s concern seemed fairly mild night gathered new Multi Purpose Building Lost Hills School short meeting people Lost Hills should very proud beautiful new building should definitely keep mind future activities contest utilizes format has event flying two days timing Rather report day flying would like tell about what happened saw event FiB turned out contest survivors Thursday morning wind surprisingly calmed almost nothing early morning flights awesome highperformance Wakefields strutting stuff thought better prepare huge flyoff Performance new 35gram motor requirement spectacular day wore evident lot mistakes would also spectacular Thermals did seem easier harder find usual course can say thatI wasnt flying poor choice fly took its toll end day Mechanical failures gremlins played big part drops also heard several fliers breaking motors checking models before rewinding find problems after released Anyway 40 actually flew seven clean after first day second day FlB Friday October 11 weather almost carbon-copy Thursday seven perfect scores two dropped first round two dropped next two rounds gremlins left three survivors Blake Jensen Roger Morrell Fred Pearce stay clean rest day make No easy task though considering fate other excellent flyers credit made look easy except Blake stopped few hearts flew second model thirty seconds left last round three flew very well counted will make good team FlA event flown Friday Saturday October 11-12 level flying guys have achieved nothing short world-class weather spectacular both days lent itself high performance long-winged models normal amount line tangles screaming someone watch lines guys really good event seem bothered just go about business max max max think good half field truly expected would flyoff end first day 13 25 flew headed direction pressure flying finals bad luck took its toll second day five remained flyoffs Andrew Barron dropped heartbreaking second twelfth round cutting short bid second team spot row flyoff held 5 pm Saturday evening conjunction FlC flyoff Martyn Cowley Don Zink Randy Weiler Lee Hines Matt Gewaln world-class fliers no stranger flyoffs five-minute round found good lift maxed easily Because slight delay caused having squeeze FiC round seven-minute round did start until 600 time become evident lift would very difficult find sun being down less two fingers Lost Hills judge evening air holding arms out stralght seeing fingers between sun horizon anything less two almost assuring dead air five wasted little time getting air feeling light better chances Zink Weiler spectacular launches flights both doing five minutes Martyn Cowley skuaked finding ever-so-light thermalhe maxed Hines Gewaln flights 4/2-minute range just few years ago would have won competition no problem would have excellent team guys let us send three really too bad FiC think event competitive evidenced first-place Team award Hungary high-performance models seem get high enough can max almost air although Roger Simpson would probably argue point So name game seems dont make mistakes Ill see flyoff event flown Thursday Saturday October 10 12 have always thought one-day interruption would bother fliers end 14 rounds seven 21 flew made Some looked pretty lucky others looked like took video best flight ever just played back 14 times flyoffs started 530 pm Saturday did think flyoff would go very far because new five-second engine run rule being used flyoffs five seven managed five minutesactually quite handily Because FlA flyoff being flown conjunction flyoff sevenminute round flown until 615 pm less finger Ed Keck Randy Archer Bob Gutai still managed between six seven minutes rate guys going eventually will eliminate engine run altogether just hand-launch model everyone will ten minutes 172 Model Aviation about organization goal event directors create atmosphere fliers felt ease could perform best level tried accomplish instituting several new policies hope will become regular part Finals scene Put officiating table field middle flightline made convenient fliers get official word made everyone feel middle what happening Put flags pole name flier pole time Use board clearly identified rounds start end round current time Use radios transfer scores back timing table half fliers told enjoyed flying competition because well organized two key factors made success cannot take credit weather about perfect can get have better chance getting Lost Hills anywhere else country Can expect pick team can perform level anywhere else volunteer timers anticipation approximately 15-timer deficiency FlB rounding up timers about six months prior Finals people out goodness hearts took time out busy schedule cases time off work make thing work flier told could figure Out timer thing should such problem since Team Selection Committee given $2000 pay timers Shame people interested money case two instructed give money back Team Fund Money does buy everything following people helped Jerry Murphy Janna Van Nest Andrew Bauer Joe OReilly Bill Bogart Kate Joyce Bill Fee Dick Nelson Tom Laird Dianne Pratt Dorothy Fee Linda Cottingham Vein Walters Dick Strand Victor Pissany Tanya Mironova next time see contest give pat back big thank would like thank Doug Galbreath Jerry Fitch Bruce Hannah help running event Oh sure worked hard important problem arose knew what because before US Scale Masters Championship Name/Model Overall Category Static Flight Score Place Place Garland Hamilton11st place Jet9900936619266 Lockheed DT-33A Shailesh Patel22nd place Jet9800911618916 F-4 Phantom Eugene Job31st place Prop9600914118741 Hawker Sea Fury Randy Hansen42nd place Prop9750874118491 Cessna A-188 David Ribbe53rd place Jet9600888318483 F- 16C Nick Ziroli Jr63rd place Prop9950848318433 TBM Avenger John Cole74th place Prop9800861618416 de Havilland dhla Brian OMeara85th place Prop9500890818408 Hawker Sea Fury Wayne Knight96th place Prop9300906618366 C-47 Mike Winter107th place Prop9650868318333 Sopwith Pup Pilots Choice Randy Hansen Cessna A-188 Top Static Nick Ziroli Jr TBM Avenger Best Civilian Randy Hansen Cessna A- 188 Best Military Nick Ziroli Jr IBM Avenger Pos NamePtsFast Time AirplaneEngine 1Richard Verano420010722*KazeN-40 2Darrol Cady410011006KazeN-40 3Bill Hager41001077 1KazeN-40 4Dave Chapdelaine400010885Tom CatN-40 5Michael Masi310012098SharkN-40 6Dave Doyle30001107 1SharkN-40 7Travis Flynn290010913KazeN-40 8William Glode290011200ToniN-40 9Mike Kelsel270010928KazeN-40 10 Jessica Thurrott270011129KazeN-40 *contest Fast Time April 1997 173